The Connection Between Physical Exercise and Gut Microbiota: Implications for Competitive Sports Athletes.

"Declarations FundingThis research was funded by Accademia Italiana Medici Specializzandi (AIMS). The funder had no influence on the content and conclusion of the study. Open access funding provided by Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro within the CRUI-CARE Agreement. Conflict of interestAngelika E. Wegierska, Ioannis A. Charitos, Skender Topi, Maria A. Potenza, Monica Montagnani, and Luigi Santacroce declare that they have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this review. Availability of data and materialAll useful data are available in the article. Code availabilityN/a. Author contributionsConceptualization: AEW, LS. Methodology: MAP, LS. Formal analysis and investigation: AEW, MM. Writing—original draft preparation: IAC. Writing—review and editing: IAC, MM, LS. Funding acquisition: LS; Resources: ST. Supervision: LS. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Ethics approvalN/a. Consent to participateN/a. Consent for publicationN/a. Conflict of interest Angelika E. Wegierska, Ioannis A. Charitos, Skender Topi, Maria A. Potenza, Monica Montagnani, and Luigi Santacroce declare that they have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this review."

"Funding This research was funded by Accademia Italiana Medici Specializzandi (AIMS). The funder had no influence on the content and conclusion of the study. Open access funding provided by Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro within the CRUI-CARE Agreement."